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SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\To.- 509,330', dated November 21, 1,893. Application met Math-, 1899. serai No. 464,715. (no moda.)

To' all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, CHARLES' SCHLARED, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Columbus, in the county of Franklin' and State Vof Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fluid-Pressu re Brake Mechanisms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to `make and use the same. Y l

The automatic compressed air brake mechanisms at present in common use include the following instrumentalities: on the locomotive, a main compressed air reservoir and engineers valve by which the engineer controls the brake operating mechanism; on each car, a brake cylinder and brake mechanism, an auxiliary reservoir and triple-valve; and train pipes connected with the triple valve and fromcar to car by suitable couplings and with the main reservoir through the engineers valve. In mechanisms of this kind compressed airis supplied from the main reservoirthroughthe train pipes to 'each of the auxiliary reservoirs and the 'brakes are operated by a discharge of air from the'train pipe which permits the compressed air stored in the auxiliary reservoirs to act on operative devices in the triple-valve to establish Vcommunication between said auxiliary reservoir 'and the brake cylinder to set up the brakes.k The functions of the parts named in the foregoing statement are now so Well known. that they do not require a detailed description.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of some of the parts referred to and to add others so as to increase their' usefulness, to render them more certain and more effective in operation, and more durable and less liable to derangement in use; and it consists in the construction o fparts and devices herein described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring tothe annexed drawings, in which are illustrated embodiments of "my improvemen-ts, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional View of the engineers Valve taken on the plane of Fig. 2, passing through the train pipe and what 'l shall 'call a .fwhistle-agnd-feed or supplementary train pipe. Fig. 2 .isa-similar View taken, at right. angles to that on which ,brake cylinder in elevation. tional View illustrating an automatic cut-off betw'een the train pipe and whistle or supplementary tra-in pipe. jvertical sectional view of the conductors valve., Fig. 11 is a transverse sectional View tak/en on the plane y-y, Fig. 1, looking upward with the Valve proper removed. Fig. 4

.is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane the triple-valve taken on the line v-v of Fig.

7 with the end of the auxiliary reservoir and Fig. 9 is a sec- Fig.10s a longitudinal of the conductors Valve taken onthe line fu-u, of Fig. 10. V"B ign 12 is a general View illustrating how the several parts may be connected. y

1u the instance shown, the case or chest of the engineers valve is divided into two chambers 1 and 2 air-tightly separated from each other; and the trainpipe 3 and supplementary train pipe 4, or as I have called it whistleand-feed pipe, are connected With the chamber l, said chamber being supplied with compressed air from the usual main reservoir through the pipe 5 having branches 6 that open into the chamber 1 at opposite points 7. The rotary valve 8 which turns on the'seat 101 at the upper end of the chamber has a hollow stem 10 to the upper end of which is secured a handle 9 by which the valve may be, operated by the engineer. lThe rotary valve 8 has a large through opening or port 11, a large port 12 that does not extend through the valve but communicates with the hollow' stem 10, two ports 13 and-14,'and a small opening or port l5. The seat 101 for the rotary valve at the head of the compressed air chamber 1 has a'large opening or port 16 that leads to the trainfpipe 3, a small port 17 also leading to the train pipe feed -ports 18 and 19 that lead through press- -ure regulating or equalizing devices to the train pipe 3 and whistle-and-feed or sup- Fig. 7 is a vertical v 1 is taken. Fig. 3 is a horizontal View plementary train pipe 4, respectively, and a small opening or port that communicates with the atmosphere. Y

The pressure or equalizing device employed 5 comprises a chest or case in which is supported a stem 2O that is secured at its upper end in a flexible diaphragm 21 and is depressed by the spring 22 arranged between a pin 24 in the lower end of the stem and a 1o cross-bar 23 fixed in the case. On the stem 2O is a piston 25 litted air tightly to move in the cylindrical bore of the chamber. The flexible diaphragm 2l is air-tightly secured in the case and to the stem, and the space bet 5 tween the said diaphragm 21 and the piston 25 communicates with the atmospherethrough an orifice 26. The space above the diaphragm is connected with the chamberl bya passage 27 that terminates vin the port 18 and the 2o space also communicates with the train pipe by the passage 28. The opening to the passage 27 is immediately above the end of the stemv 20, vthe latter serving as a valve to close said "opening at the proper times. The space 25 above the diaphragm connects with the space beneath the piston 25 by a passage 75.

102 designates a pipe that leads to the governor for 'regulating the pressure of the compressed air infthe main reservoir. The' 'lower chamber 2` of the engineers valve contains a reciprocating piston 29 having a stem 54, the lower end of which is constructed to form a valve to close apassage 55 leadingto a whistle of any approved kind. Ther piston 29 is made with openings 31 that are'cl'osed at their lower ends by a liexible tiapvalve 32, below which is secured a washer 57 constructed as shown to prevent too great a-movement of said fiap valve. That part of 4o the chamber 2 which is above the piston 29 communicates with the Whistle or supple-` mentary train pipe through a passage 33.

-34 designates a triple valve case or chest in the bore of which is iitted a cylindric tube 35 having its inner lower side formed to constitute a seat for the slide valve 36.

37 designates a cover that tits and is held closely on the top of the slide valve 36 by a spring .38. Ashort tube 39 secured or formed 5o around an opening 40 in the cover 37 communicates with a compressed air chamber 41 thatisurrcunds the triple valve case or cylinder.-` The cover 37 is also provided with a small port42. The slide valve 36 is made with a large port or passage 43, small ports 44 and 45 and exhaust port 46 in its lower face, and the slide-valve seat 35 is made with a large opening or passage 47 andl a small port 48.

49 vdesignates the auxiliary reservoir, a large opening 58, in which communicates with the slide-valve chamber 34. Formed in the upper partof the auxiliary reservoircas-V ing or chest is a brake cylinder 50. Said auxiliary `reservoir case also has air passages 51 51 that communicate from an opening 52 to the brake cylinder. At the opposite end 66 and 67. Below the chamber 41 is a drain' cup chamber 67 an opening between which and the chamber41 is closed by the spring actuated check-valve 68.

A small feed-groove 71 is made in the chamber 59 to permit compressed air from the train pipe to pass around the slide valve piston 6d into the auxiliary reservoir.

The piston, the piston rod,.and the spring in the brake cylinder are of the usual or any approved construct-ion. Y

rThe vwhistle-andefeed or supplementary train pipe 4 communicates with the slidevalve cylinderand thence with the auxiliary reservoir throughV passages 76 73, and 72 placed in or between which is a spring check actuated valve 74. A short pipe 77 connects the passage and the passage 76, and in this short pipe is located a spring actuated valve 78 that is arranged normally' to close the pipe 77. The valve 78 is held on its seat by a spring of considerablestrengthbut less than that of the normal running pressure in the train pipe so that ifl the supplementary train. pipe becomes ruptured and loses its air the compressed air in the train pipe will not be' wholly liberated, but only suflicient to set up the brakes and thus notify the engineer of the leak.

The chest or case 80 of the conductors valve contains a slide valve`81 havinga port 82. Attached to the right hand end of the slide valve 8l (as seen in Fig. 10) is a Vstem 83 having a head 85 that extends into a tube or small casing 84 on the end of the chest 80. interposed between a loose ring or washer 86 abutting against the head 85 and a sleeve 87 having a shoulder 89 that abuts against the head of the case 80, is a coiled spring 88. The sleeve 87 passes movably through the head of the chest 80. A hollow nut 90 the bore of whichv permits the passage therethrough of the head 85 closes the end of the casing 84, and the inner end of said nut 90 serves as a stop for the loose ring or washer 86.

Pivoted on 'a bracket below the chest 8O is a lever 91 the upper arm of which passes through a slot 92 in the lower side of said chest and engages the slide valve 81'so as to be capable of moving the same in either direction against the action of the spring 88. It will be noted that this spring 88, in connection with'the contiguous parts, tends to hold the valve 81 in one position and that should said valve be moved to the left the spring will be compressed andtend to return the valve toits normalpositiori; and that should the valve be moved from its normal IOO IIO

A position tothe right,ithpushes'ferward the sleeve 87l Whichcompressesthe spring 88 `.against the `Washer 86fand the spring again Y tends to restore the vvalve toits normal position. A cover V93 having a port 94 and a tube f* 95 formed or secured around said port is held slide-valve down yair-tightly onv the upper side of lthe 81 by the spring 96. The tube 95 extends through the upper side of the chest 180 into a collar 97 to which the whistle orvsupenlarged as shown at 99.

' The conductors valve is; att-ached at any convenient place on the car by means of a plate or bracket 100. V

With"enineers, sto s are of two kinds,v r D a namely, servlce K and emergency. servicestop is made gradually and is suchas is made under ordinaryand normal conditions,

while the emergency stop is made suddenly,

' e and when-,there appears to be imminent dan- Y, ger of accident. To make the service stop a `comparatively small quantity of air is discharged from the train pipe, andto make the v 'emergen cy stop a large quantity is discharged.

To fill the'auxiliary reservoirs and release ,the brakes the handle of the en gineers valve is turned so'asl to bring the port l1 into align.- m'ent with the port 16, as shown inFig. 1,

, which freely admits compressed air from the chamber 1 into the train pipe, thence through 'passages 70, 67, 66, 65, chamber 59, and through they feed groove 71 into the triple slide v alve chamber and theauxiliary reservoir., The pressureof air on the triple valve piston 60 forces the attached slide valve inward sothat the ports 43 and 44 are closed but the exhaust V'port 46 is open and establishes communication y between the brake cylinder and the atmos'phere by passages, 53, 51,52, and 47. The

V'outer end of the exhaust portv 46 leads to the atmosphere through the hole (not shown but well understood) in the side of the triple valve case.

When the train pipe is being lilled through the port 11, the port 13 of the rotaryvalve coincides with the port 19 and air is fed also through an'equalizer and the whistle-andfeed orsupplementary train pipe, and thence through passages 76, 73 and 72 to the triple` slide valve chamber and auxiliary reservoir.A A movement of the rotary valve 8 to the right will bring the port ll under the port 18 and thereby establish communication between the chamber 1 and train pipe through a pressure equalizer or regulator designed to maintain a particular degree of pressure in the train pipe notwithstanding variations of pressure in the main reservoir. This position of the valve is called .running position.

It may not be inopportune at this point to Iexplain the operation of the pressure regulating or equalizing valve or device. The

` elasticity of the spring 2 in said equalizing device determines the amount of pressure to The.

be maintained inthe train pipe. jill', for illustration, a pressure of about seventy pounds is desired in said train, pipe lthe-spring 22 shouldbe such as to expand with a force of` about seventy pounds,`for so long as the pressure inthe space orchamber under the piston 25 (which chamber through passage `75 comlmunicates with and indeed may be said to form a part of the train pipe) is less thang vThe pressure equalizer or regulatorfor the whistle-and-feed or supplementary train pipe isnot shown in detail butfit is likethat illustrated in'conn'ection with the train'pipe and it isthought thata description `and drawing of one will suffice for both. r

In running position, that is,4when port 1l is under port 18, the port 14 or its groove coincideswith the port 19 s'o that compressed air from the chamber lis also supplied to rthe whistle-and-feed pipe 4. l For thev service stop the handle is given a further movement or turn to the right so as to bring-Jthe'port 12 under the port 17. As this port is small the escape of air from the train pipe will be comparatively slow 'and may be discon-V tinued when the pressure has been sufficiently reduced to allow a gentle setting up of the brakes. The amount'discharged maybe determined from a gage operated by the. press.- ureof air in the the service stop, the valve 8 is turned back to the left to release the brakes and then to the right so that all ports excepting 18 and 19 are closed.` When the proper small quantity ofair is dischargedfrom thetrain pipe, as in making the servicestop, the pressure in the auxiliary reservoir, exceeding that'in the train pipe, forces the piston outward until the port 44 establishes communication between ports 42 and 48 andallows compressed train pipe as usual.` After As thepassage 42 is smallv are gently set` up.- To make IOO ther movement to the right so as to bring f port 12 squarely under the port 16 which allows a large quantity of air toescape from the train pi pe so as greatly to reduce the pressure insaid pipe, whereupon the 'piston 60 is forced violently outward bringing the port 43 into alignment with the ports 40 'pand 47,

and the port 45 into communication with thev port 48. As the ports 40,43 and 47 arey large the compressed air conned in the chamber 4l exhausts quickly into the brake `cylinder so thatthe pressure in said chamber becomes quickly less than that in the train pipe, the air in which lifts the check valve, passes through the chamber' 41, ports43 and'47 and exerts its force in and lls the brakecylin? der. @While Ithe port 12 isfunder the port 16,

that is,in the emergency position of the rotary valve 8,' theV p'ort A11 is underthe f whistle-and-feed 'or supplementary train pipe 'port 19 and'c'oxripressed air'i'n the main reservoir isbeing supplied to the auxiliary res? byi"the conductor, and' asf befcrefs'tated`,`its

After either the service or emergency stop, the handle isturnedto the left so as to bring the portllvunder the port 16 whenfcornpress'ed air from themainreservoir, again filling the train pipe, vforces the pistonl 60 Aback closing the port 42 or the ports 40 and 48 and openingvtherexhaust port 4'6 vvs fh'ich' allows the air lea'se of' brakes.

, ludus .f..,:'1.. i y 'lijierej may be cir umstances which render itfim'portant that the conductor shall be `able indpenden tly` of the'en'gineerI to operatcfthe brakes, so .that in e'rdtliti'rl7 to file 'ordi'nary fiintiun .ofthe deviceihiemiiin 11S@ kn'OWn as the; @mid ir 'valve' felishalihs theegin'eerl have prov'ideda construction (shown in Figsflffand 11) "that `will eriablelhirrlA to doso jf'.

The eondhctors valve "is secured at any point in the car s o as to be ready to be reached tial 'discharge of `the `a`ir from the Whistleand-feed"wor supplernental'train pipereduces the pressure of the air above the piston V29 inthe chamber 2 of the engineers valveandthe greater pressure below causes an equilibrium of pressure in the' whistlewasher or said piston to rise and'with it 'thevalve'of the stem '5 4 thatlis employed to close the passage 55. As soon as thel passage 55 is opened, air 'from the "chamber '12 being underl greater pressure than the atmosphere rushes through 'the passagef'and shg'nalsA the engineer.

When the pressure on the underside of the piston 29ha's been` reduced by the escape of compressed, air, said piston returns by the aid of gravityfand the pressure of air on its upi per side to closethe passage 55, after which and-feed or supplementary'r train 'pipe and on the under side of' the piston 29 is estab lished through the openings 3l'. The flexible flap valve 32 permits the easy passage of `@impressed air' downward to Iestablish equilibrium on `th'e'upper and lowerside of the piston 29 but prevents the passage of air upward through the opening 31 when air s discharged through the whistle-and-feed or supplemental train pipe..

When it becomes necessary for the conductor, independently of the engineer, to opcrate the brakes the lower arm of the lever 91 is moved to the left so as to throw the slide nvalve to the right and vuncover the large end 99 of the slot 92. This opening then permits air"to escape from the main train pipe and the' brakes are set up as when' the engineer with hisvvalve discharges air from a train pipe. The service or emergency stop may be made by 1 the conductor with as much .cer-

tainty as by the engineer, it being only necessary for him to discharge a small or large quantity V of air from the train pipe in accordance with the nature of the stop desired; and the quantity of air discharged is, of course,

determined by the length of l'time the opening 99 is kept uncovered.

When therotary valve 1s in position "to release theA brakes the small port 15 therein coincides with the small opening orportil in the rotary valve seat and while it is filling v thetrain Ypipe and auxiliary reservoirs it is also escaping through these small* portsA 15 and 15. The-object in'allowi'ng airto escape throughthese, small ports is to notify the engineer as to the position of his valve and that asm'soon as his brakes are released :he should xnove his valve to running positiong `otherwise'v the pressure in the train pipe will equal that in the main reservoir when Vthere should be areserve or excess of pressure in the main reservoir to be used incase of emergency.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

i 1. ln a triple valve for duid pressu-re brake mechanisms comprising main and auxiliary reservoirs, the casing 34 having a service` stop port 48, an emergency stop port 47, and a passage or chamber 41 independent o f or noucommunicant with the auxiliary reservoir and constructed to communicate with Vthe main train or brake pipe and to be normally charged with compressed fluid from said pipe, and the main slide valve 3,6 having both the service stop port 44 and the emergency stop Vport 43 arranged so that compressed fluid from thepassage or chamber 41 may be conducted through the said port 43 and port 47 to the brakecylinder onv application ofthe emergency stop, all constructed, combined, and

Aoperating substantially as described.

1 2, In a triple valve for luidpressure brake mechanisms comprising main and auxiliary reservoirs, the casing 34 havingaservice stop port 48, anemergency stop port 47, and a chamber 41 independent of ornonfcommunicant with the auxiliary're'servoir and constructed to communicate with the main train onbrake pipe and to be normally charged with compressed iiuid from said pipe, andthe valve 36 having theservice s top port 44l and the emergency stop ports 45 and 43, the port 43 arranged so that compressed fluid from the IOO IIO

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passage or chamber 41 may be conducted.

. all constructed, combined, and operating sub-` stantially as described;

3: An engineers valve having two chambers l and 2, a main train or brake'pipe 3 and a Whistle-and-feed or supplementary train pipe 4 communicating through a valve with 'the chamber l, the supplementary pipe also communicating with the chamber 2, and automatically operative devices in said chamber 2 for effect-ing a signal upon variation of pressure in the supplementary pipe,'substan, tially as described.

4. An engineers valve having two chambersl and 2, a main train orbrake pipe 3 and a supplementary train pipe 4 communicating through a valve with the chamber 1,' the supplementary train pipe also communicating With the chamber 2, and automatically'operative devices in chamber 2 for eifecting asignalupon variationof pressure in the supplementary train pipe comprisingthe movable diaphragm or piston 29 having a passage and check valve 32 therefor, the port 55, and the valve 54 connected with piston`29 forppening and closingpert55, substantially as described. In a brake mechanism, a main reservoir, -an engineers valve, an auxiliary reservoir, a triple-valve, two independent feed pipes controlled by the 'engineers valve for supplying air to the auxiliary reservoir, and a paspipes having a spring actuated valve to close said passage.

6. In a duid pressure mechanism of thekind described, amain train or brake pipe 3 and a Whistle-and-feed or supplementary train pipe 4, a conductors Valve connected with said brake pipe and with the supplementary pipe,

operative devices in said valve for discharging air from either the brake pipe or the supplementary pipe, substantially as described. 7. A conductors valvel for the herein idescribed brake mechanism comprising a casing 8O having an orifice 98 to be connected with the brake pipe 3, an orifice 95 to be connected with the whistle-and-feed or supplementary train pipe 4, and a discharge orifice or orifices 92,a valve 8l constructed` to close both the orifices 98 andV 95 when said valveis in a given position and to open` either one 'of the'last mentioned orifices respectively by movements in reverse directions, and means for automatically returning and normallyto hold the valve in said given position.

' 8. In aconductors valve for the herein described brake mechanism, the easing 80 having an orifice 98 to be connected- With the brake pipe 3, an orifice 95 to be connected with the -Whistle-and-feed Aor supplementary train pipe 4, and a discharge orifice or rilices 92, the valve 81 constructed toV close both the orifices 98 and 95 when said valve isin agiven position and to open either one of the last mentioned orifices respectively by movements in reverse directions, and means for automatically returning and normally to hold the valve in said given position comprising the stem 83 having ahead or`abutment85, av sleeve 87` having a flange or stop 89,\loose collar 86,

stop 90 for said collar, and a spring interposed between the sleeve and collar, constructed and'combined substantially. as described,

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SCHLARED, 

